observr

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   by observr 8y ago

   I thought Read was a placeholder CEO who was installed to conduct cost cutting. But you're right - a quick google search confirmed that Keller was hired during Read's tenure.
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   by observr 8y ago

   Agreed. Su had the smarts to get a performant chip made and hire the people to make it happen. You don't get market share with an also-ran offering.
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   by observr 8y ago

   He was the architect of Ryzen.
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   by observr 8y ago

   Thanks to Jim Keller.
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   by observr 8y ago

   > Keller is apparently moving to _Intel_ (according to a quick search). I did find it odd when he took a hybrid hardware/software role at Tesla. Probably was mainly working on clockless low power neural net processors. Considering w